Ever hear of the \u201cUber for\u00a0pixels\u201d?<\/p>\n
A little-known crypto project is doing for rendering what Uber did for\u00a0taxis.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unlocking a massive pool of idle hardware and turning it into cold, hard\u00a0cash.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s already helping power Netflix, Disney, and Apple productions. And it\u2019s turning ordinary folks\u2019 laptops and gaming rigs into mini Hollywood studios.<\/p>\n
Yet most crypto investors never heard of\u00a0it.<\/p>\n
It vaulted Steve Jobs into the billionaire club.<\/p>\n
Steve Jobs was one of the greatest inventors ever. Apple\u2019s co-founder created the iPod\u2026 iPad\u2026 and iPhone. Not to mention the first \u201ceasy-to-use\u201d computer, the Macintosh.<\/p>\n
But did you know Jobs made his first billion off a kids\u2019\u00a0movie?<\/p>\n
Apple\u2019s co-founder was the majority owner of Pixar, the animation studio behind hit movies Monsters, Inc.\u2026 Finding Nemo\u2026 and Toy Story<\/em>, its debut film that ushered in a new era of filmmaking.<\/p>\n Toy Story<\/em> was the first fully computer-generated movie. No live shots or movie sets. Every scene was created by computer software.<\/p>\n The movie raked in $360 million at the box office, putting Pixar on the map. In fact, it IPO\u2019d on the stock market just 10 days after Toy Story<\/em> hit the big screen. Steve Jobs owned 80% of Pixar shares\u2026 and the IPO made him a billionaire.<\/p>\n Pixar invented the art of using computers to create \u201clife-like\u201d animated images and\u00a0film.<\/p>\n Rendering is involved in the making of almost every blockbuster film and TV series. It\u2019s the foundation of the $220 billion videogame industry. Architects use 3D rendering software to design new buildings and see how they would look in real\u00a0life.<\/p>\n Rendering is also key to manifesting the metaverse\u200a\u2014\u200athe next version of the internet. A virtual world where you can work\u2026 learn\u2026 shop\u2026 attend concerts\u2026 hang out with friends\u2026 and do dozens of other real-life activities.<\/p>\n Big movie studios like Walt Disney Co. spend billions of dollars building their own giant render\u00a0farms.<\/p>\n But that\u2019s not feasible for companies and individuals who just want to produce a short film or a few images. They usually rent rendering space on the internet from the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. These firms have data centers full of GPUs, which anyone can tap into to render images and\u00a0videos.<\/p>\n The problem is there are only so many GPUs available to rent. And a few large jobs can soak up every ounce of processing power from those GPUs. Those same GPUs used for rendering are also used for AI operations, making them even\u00a0scarcer.<\/p>\n Luckily, Render Network (RNDR)<\/strong> invented the perfect solution for this\u00a0problem.<\/p>\n GPUs aren\u2019t confined to giant data\u00a0centers.<\/p>\n Crack open any smartphone\u2026 tablet\u2026 laptop\u2026 or PC\u2026 and you\u2019ll find a powerful GPU\u00a0inside.<\/p>\n And here\u2019s the thing\u2026 the majority of these graphics chips lie idle most of the time. We\u2019re not using GPUs when we\u2019re sleeping, commuting, or out for a jog. This represents a massive pool of untapped rendering power.<\/strong><\/p>\n If just 1% of these chips were available to rent, it would boost rendering capacity. This is the potential Render Network is trying to\u00a0unlock.<\/p>\n Render Network was created by Los Angeles-based OTOY, which dominates the rendering software\u00a0market.<\/p>\n A few years back, OTOY\u2019s founder Jules Urbach had an idea to create a network that could tap into the millions of idle GPUs. That\u2019s exactly what Render achieves. It connects creators who need work rendered with folks looking to make a few bucks from their GPUs (like how Akash Network works, as I mentioned earlier).<\/p>\n Creators love Render. It gives them access to computing power previously reserved for giant Hollywood studios\u200a\u2014\u200aand at a fraction of the cost, as I\u2019ll show you in a\u00a0moment.<\/p>\n It\u2019s also great for folks who sign up to rent their idle GPUs. When your chip is used to render work, you get paid in Render\u2019s crypto token (RENDER). Folks can then sell RENDER for real US\u00a0dollars.<\/p>\n This way, everyone involved\u00a0wins.<\/p>\n Creators can render projects cheaper and faster than ever before. Folks with spare GPUs earn some extra cash. Render Network sits in the middle, taking a small 0.5%\u20135% cut on each job. Users collect the other\u00a095%+.<\/p>\n It\u2019s like \u201cUber for rendering.\u201d Most of us have cars. But research shows our cars sit idle for almost 23 hours a day, on average. Uber puts all this spare capacity to work connecting drivers with\u00a0riders.<\/p>\n The app allowed anyone to become a taxi driver and make money chauffeuring folks around. On the flip side, users could ditch their cars and hail an Uber when they wanted to go somewhere.<\/p>\n Render is taking the same approach to transform graphics processing.<\/p>\n Not many folks know about Render. Even several crypto insiders I chatted with hadn\u2019t heard about the project until recently.<\/p>\n But get this\u2026 founder Jules Urbach has been working on this idea for over a decade. He filed a patent for a crypto-based rendering service in 2009. Bitcoin was barely six months old at the\u00a0time.<\/p>\n Render launched in April 2020 and now has tens of thousands of active\u00a0users.<\/p>\n It already counts many of the world\u2019s largest firms as paying customers. Disney\u2026 Netflix\u2026 HBO\u2026 Microsoft\u2026 Google\u2026 Apple\u2026 Amazon\u2026 Nike\u2026 and Tesla all tap into its network of\u00a0GPUs.<\/p>\n Ever see the intro to HBO\u2019s Westworld<\/em>? It was produced in\u00a0Render:<\/p>\n Source: HBO<\/em><\/p>\n Ditto for scenes from Netflix\u2019s hit The Crown<\/em>\u2026 Marvel\u2019s Captain Marvel<\/em>\u2026 and Amazon\u2019s Jack\u00a0Ryan<\/em>.<\/p>\n Google even shut down its own cloud-rendering division and adopted Render. Google\u2019s head of product management said, \u201cRender is a gamechanger for ultra-high-resolution production\u2026 machine-learning rendering workflows\u2026 and next-generation immersive media.\u201d<\/p>\n Remember, there\u2019s a major shortage of GPU capacity today. That means creators compete for every ounce of processing power\u2026 which pushes up\u00a0prices.<\/p>\n Render unlocks the ocean of idle GPUs that were previously off-limits. With millions of new graphics chips available to rent, it makes rendering a lot cheaper and faster. Render\u2019s own figures show it slashes the cost and time it takes to render jobs by\u00a070%\u201390%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Bottom line: Render is one of the best Web3 businesses today. It should continue to thrive in 2025 and beyond. Add some to your portfolio. You can buy Render on Coinbase.<\/strong><\/p>\n P.S: Learn about two other small cryptos to buy in 2025 by clicking\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n For more insights and analysis, subscribe to The\u00a0Jolt\u26a1<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n We publish fresh research every Monday and\u00a0Friday.<\/p>\n Click here to learn\u00a0more<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2014 Stephen McBride, Chief Analyst at <\/em>RiskHedge<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n This is Hollywood\u2019s favorite crypto.<\/a> was originally published in Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here\u2019s why Render crypto is a\u00a0buy\u2026 Ever hear of the \u201cUber for\u00a0pixels\u201d? A little-known crypto project is doing for rendering what Uber did for\u00a0taxis. It\u2019s unlocking a massive pool of idle hardware and turning it into cold, hard\u00a0cash. It\u2019s already helping power Netflix, Disney, and Apple productions. 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\u201cUber for rendering.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Render also has the best customer list of any crypto project I\u2019ve researched.<\/strong><\/h3>\n